Chapter Five:
Prescription Antiaging And Photodamage Drugs
The bar graph above illustrates abuse among teens of five different
prescription drugs.
The federal Medicare program is requiring that all the new Part D
prescription plans cover "'all or substantially all' of the drugs in the antidepressant, antipsychotic, anticonvulsant, anticancer, immunosuppressant and HIV/AIDS categories.
Statins, remarkably safe by any standard, require a
prescription, while patches packed with nicotine line drugstore shelves.
Carole Jaquez, 79, and other senior citizens took a train last year from Los Angeles to Vancouver, where she bought
prescription drugs for high blood pressure, acid reflux and asthma.
Most
prescriptions are not completely synthesized by their users.
There is little doubt that for long-term care facilities that purchase medications for residents, the White House approach to
prescription drug access could be an accounting nightmare.
Generic drugs as a percentage of total
prescription expenditures:
State Health Insurance Programs (SHIPs) can help you find government and private
prescription drug coverage resources in your state, as well as Medicaid
prescription benefits that may be available.
The
Prescription Drug Fairness for Seniors Act of 1999, sponsored by Representative Thomas H.
2) Their bill would cover $1,700 a year in
prescription drug costs and be managed through retail pharmacies or benefit managers.
All three sources revealed large decreases in benzodiazepine
prescriptions after the triplicate regulations took effect, accompanied by significant jumps in
prescriptions for a variety of other sedatives, such as barbiturates.
